400 Fly preview released, set to debut at FLIBS

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We try not to flood the forums with "corporate" stuff, but I thought I would post this, given all the recent interest in the 400 Sundancer.

Sea Ray released the first preview of the 400 Fly yesterday, scheduled to debut at Fort Lauderdale the first week of November.

As depicted, the boat offers a lot of additional "in-the-sun" space for folks who liked the 400 Sundancer but wanted more uncovered lounging and entertaining space.

The boat is also available with a hardtop and full enclosure for those so inclined.

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It has a lot of nice features once people look at it as something other than the traditional Sundancer. I was lucky enough to attend the webinar last week which pointed out how it shakes out compared to the competition.
 
Thank you for posting - I have never felt that the forum was even closed to being "flooded" with corporate material. Most of us are SR owners and appreciate knowing what SR is doing in the market.

Nice looking boat.

Mark
 
FootballFan said:
Thank you for posting - I have never felt that the forum was even closed to being "flooded" with corporate material. Most of us are SR owners and appreciate knowing what SR is doing in the market.

Nice looking boat.

Mark
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and it is nice to know that 'Sea Ray Corporate' is monitoring forums such as CSR and is interested in hearing what owners have to say about their products.....

cliff
 
The company had some business challenges to overcome in the past couple of years, that took all of management's attention. Now that they have successfully navigated those, they are wanting to become more focused on the Owner side of the equation. I would expect to hear more from Rusty and from Matt and his staff as time goes on.
 
Very nice looking boat. Does she have a full beam master or is the master a V-berth?
 
How much???? I like it better than the new "Sundancer"... I assume it will be offered with a complete canvas for the fly bridge? If so, will the radar and mast light be high enough to be above the canvas?
 
Beautiful! When I win the lottery:)


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rcknecht said:
How much???? I like it better than the new "Sundancer"... I assume it will be offered with a complete canvas for the fly bridge? If so, will the radar and mast light be high enough to be above the canvas?
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I have always had an issue with where Azimut mounted their radar units. I don't think I would want a boat where the radar was mounted behind me blasting me with radiation at head level. I was always under the impression that you do not want to be in line of site of the radar for health reasons. Am I wrong?


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At least he doesn't have to worry about more kids after running that boat with the radar on!
 
Vince_nj1 said:
I don't think I would want a boat where the radar was mounted behind me blasting me with radiation at head level. I was always under the impression that you do not want to be in line of site of the radar for health reasons. Am I wrong?
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I'd always heard that and assumed that too. So, when you posted this, I called a national director at Raymarine to ask him about it. Defying anecdotes and assumptions, according to Raymarine, once you're more than 3 feet away from modern radars, you're receiving less radiation from the radar than you are from the cell phone in your pocket. Further, the radar beam spreads 12 degrees up and 12 degrees down from the centerline of the radar, meaning that even if someone were in the 3' safety zone, it's possible that they'd still be out of the radar path. And even then, radar companies are working on units that have an even smaller "safety zone" than 3 feet. I agree that it seems odd on first blush, but there is real science behind the explanation, too. Please note, I'm not trying to start a debate here or advocate for any particular position. I'd just always assumed Vince's perspective and had the ability to call an executive at one of the radar companies to ask him about it. (Also, if you order the boat with the hardtop, the height and positioning of the radar arch completely change to support the hardtop and creating head clearance.)
 
bmac said:
Does she have a full beam master or is the master a V-berth?
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It does have a full beam mid-berth, however my guess is that most folks would consider the V-berth the master anyway. As a general rule of thumb, we try to give the master stateroom direct access to the head, which in this case would make the V-berth the master. The mid-berth features sliding bunks -- that can be twin bunks or joined for a queen -- and a third space that can be optioned as a sofa or third berth. The boat will also be offered with a two-head layout.
 
rcknecht said:
I assume it will be offered with a complete canvas for the fly bridge? If so, will the radar and mast light be high enough to be above the canvas?
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The boat is available with a hardtop and full enclosure. When you order a hardtop the radar arch totally changes (moves forward and gets higher to create headroom under the hardtop) and the radar and light are mounted above the hardtop.
 
Thanks Matt,

The same thing is true with aircraft weather radars - 40 years ago, you could cause harm by having the radar on as you approached the gate area. Now, they give off the power equivalent of a 60w light bulb and there is no danger if it is on and people are in front of it. We still turn them off at the gate, but the RADHAZ danger has been eliminated...
 
Vince_nj1 said:
I was always under the impression that you do not want to be in line of site of the radar for health reasons. Am I wrong?
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One of the advantages of the new Broadband radars is the low power output so, If that Azimut had a Broadband radar it would be safe mounted in the location shown.
 
I learned the same thing when I looked in to these new dome radars in regards to the health aspects.

I have the Simrad 4g which is similar to the Raytheon dome, and it is great for in close. I can see someone's head float by when they are swimming even a 1/4 mile or more away.

With that said, they are not the best for longer range open ocean. I recently ran at 430 am off the east end off an offshore island in the dark and it was not painting some smaller targets 5 or 6 miles and beyond. IE it would show them, but just a little spotty.

i therefore want to eventually add an open array for open ocean to supplement the dome.

The AIS was a great help at night on this last trip we did. I wish anyone who ran at night would install this.
 
Vince_nj1 said:
I don't think I would want a boat where the radar was mounted behind me blasting me with radiation at head level. I was always under the impression that you do not want to be in line of site of the radar for health reasons. Am I wrong?
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I think you're missing the point that most, if not all of the Euro models with these low profile radar arches have lower control stations with the premise being if it's dark, stormy or foggy enough to use the radar you would be piloting from below.
 
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